How to Grant Oxide Permissions on Your Rust Server
Learn how to grant Oxide permissions on your Rust server using oxide.grant commands for individual players or groups, with an example.
How to Grant Oxide Permissions on Your Rust Server
Granting Oxide permissions on your Rust server is extremely simple. This guide covers everything you need to know about granting permissions on your server.
⚠️ Important Information:
Some plugins do not require you to assign permissions in order to use them.
This guide is only for plugins that need permissions assigned in order to work.
Some plugins are free and some are not.
If you purchased a plugin, all information on how to grant permissions will be on the page you purchased them from.
Permission Grant Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
oxide.grant / o.grant |
Base permission grant command. |
oxide.grant user |
Assigns permission to a single player. |
oxide.grant group admin |
Assigns permission to the admin group. |
oxide.grant group default |
Assigns permission to the default group. |
To make this article easier to understand, the plugin Quick Smelt will be used as an example.
How to Find Permissions
- Follow the relevant guide on how to install plugins on your server.
- Head over to the Plugin tab again and look for the plugin you want to grant permissions for.
- Once you find the plugin, click on the arrow on the right and you will be redirected to the plugin's official page.
- Scroll down until you find the section "Permissions", where all the plugin's permission names will be listed with their explanations.
- Click on the permission you want to copy it.
How to Grant Permissions to Individual Players
- Head over to your Console.
- In the command line, type
oxide.grant userfollowed by a player's SteamID64 and the permission name you just previously copied. Example:oxide.grant user 76561198420408632 quicksmelt.use - Press Enter to send the command. Now this player will have permission to use this plugin based on what the permission name gives access to.
How to Grant Permissions to Groups
- Head over to your Console.
- In the command line, type
oxide.grant groupfollowed by the group namedefaultoradminand the permission name you just previously copied. Example:oxide.grant group admin quicksmelt.use - Press Enter to send the command. Now this group will have permission to use this plugin based on what the permission name gives access to.
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